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W. BOOTH.

GONSTBUOTING AND PA$TBNING TILES. No. 297,491. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

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\VALTER BOOTH, OF TARRYTOIVN, NEIV YORK.

CONSTRUCTING AND FASTENING TILES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,491, dated April 22, 1884.

' Application liled- March 7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER Boorrr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tarrytown, in the county of IVestchester and State of New York, have invented a'new and useful Improvement in Constructing and Adjusting Tiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention relates to so constructing tiles as to admit of their being united at their sides by means of connecting-ties set into recesses left in the backs of such tiles when molded, for the purpose of receiving such ties, whereby the tiles are united to each other adjacent one, and present a firm and inseparable tiled surface.

The difficulty in using tiles for flooring, walks, borders, fire-places, or walls is, that as they are not made so as to afford each other support except at their sides, they are easily displaced if they become loosened from their setting in cement or in plaster, which is fria ble and not capable of resisting shocks or pressure.

The object I have in view in my invention I is to form tiled surfaces with tiles, so that as shows in perspective the back A of a tile with eonterminous sides are brought in place in the several recesses C G O O and projecting setting them a tie can be inserted at the backs of the tiles in suitable recessed openings, which shall afford them a mutual and adequate support and obviate the risk of displacement in case of the tiles becoming separated from the g l a slat, where several tiles are to be united in setting. This I effect by constructing or molding the tiles so that their backs shall present recessed openings having lips or edges around such recesses, or at the upper sides ofsuch openings, projecting toward each other, whereby when I wish to unite one tile to another I insert in their opposite or contiguous recesses a suitable tie fitting into such recesses, so as to securely hold such sides by the binding of the tie within such recesses and against their lips or edges. Such recesses and lips may be of Va rious shapes, as maybe found most convenient; but the form I prefer, in order to secure rapid and firm linear adjustment, is a recess extending across the tile, and having its top or mouth narrower than the bottom or interior of the ,bind its adjacent ones, and the whole surface will consist of dovetailed or mutually binding and supporting parts, without their connections being visible from the face.

In using the word tiles I do notintend to limit my invention to thin plaques of burnt clay, as it is evident that such tiles may be of varied dimensions, and composed of other ma terials capable of being cast or molded, as clay, dust, and kaolin, as well as of silicon or glass, or even of metal.

If the other sides are to be con- The ties are preferably made of wood, but

they may be made of any suitable material which shall afford a'support to the backs and which is not friable or brittle, and the edges are beveled or otherwise shaped so as to con form to the interior of the recesses.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 lips b b.

Fig. 2 is a front view of B, a tile showing at the right-hand side the opening of a recess, 0, which extends from one side to the other, for the purpose of sliding it with others upon line, the bottom side showing the opening of the recess 0 for a shorter tie. It also shows the projecting lips I) b b I) at the sides of each recess.

Fig. 3 shows the manner of uniting tiles in line, as well as laterally, three tiles, A A A, being the backs of three contiguous tiles, into whose recesses C 0, extending across each one, is inserted a slat or rod, D, having edges d d beveled or shaped so as to fit in the recesses C G as the tiles A A A are strung or slid upon such slat. It also shows the shorter recesses O C, the lips I) b on each recess, and a tile, A, joined laterally to the bottom of the middle tile by a short tie, D, the dotted lines around which show the extent of the interior of the recess, and the extent of the beveled edge of such tie conforming to the recess, as is also shown in Fi 8. It also shows the recess 0 extending across the tile for the adj ustment upon another slat.

Figs. 4 and 6 are plan views, respectively, of the long connecting tie or slat D and the shorter connecting-tie D, with their bevelededges (2 d, of which Figs. 5 and 7 show the respective end views.

Of course, the shorter recesses can be made in dovetail shape; but as the expense of molding is thereby increased, I think the forms I have hereinbefore indicated are preferable, as being more economical.

Having described my invention so that one skilled in the art of making tiles, or in the art of laying them, can understand how they are to be made and united, what I claim as my invention, and for which I desire that Letters 1 Patent may be granted to me, is

4. A tile brace or tie for uniting and supporting tiles by its insertion within the recessed backs thereof, substantially as described.

XVALTER BOOTH.

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